Garment-supporter



T. L. CAUDLE.

GARMENT SUPPORTER- APPLICATION FILED Aue.13. 1911.

Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

INVENTOR ,Theron/l. Gaacue arm/rivers rm! COLUMBIA PLANOGIIM'H cu. WASHINGTON, n. c.

THERON I.. 'CAUDLE, or wnnns sonopnonrn CARO INA. I

" GARMENr-sUrroRrER.

To all whom it may concern I I Be it known that I, THERON L. CAUDLE,;a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Wadesboro, in, the county of Anson and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Garment- Supporters, of which the following is a specification; I I

I My invention relates 'toimprovements in garment supporters, it be ng" designed more particularly for use in supporting trousers,

'and itconsists ofthe constructions, combinations,' and arrangements herein described and clalmed; I

7 An object of my invention is to provide a device for supporting trousersfloy theuse of which, I suspendersmay be dispensed w ith entirely','and a belt may be'wornfor appear- Another object the invention'is to: provide a device for supporting trousers, vwh1ch comprises a flexible or 'pliant' bodyhaving wings insertible between, the facing band and cloth of the trousers at the waistline, and a pendent member having'a; loop which is adapted to be hooked over a hook detachably supported on the shirt of the. wearer,

the loop in turn having alresilient support so that the wearer of the'device; may obtain all freedom ofmovement; I

Another object of the invention is to make one of the wing-members separable from'the body of the device sothat the device may be more'easily applied to the trousers, and the adjustment of the device facilitated.

Other objects'and advantages will app'ear in the following specification, reference being had totheaccompanying draw'ingsun Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the garment supporter applied to the trouser's. V

Fig. 2 is ajperspectiveview showing how the loop of the garment supporter hooks over the hook carried byv the shirt of the wearer.

-14 Fig; 3-is a side elevation of the device, a portion of the trousers belng broken away.

Fig.4jis a, cross section on the line 47-4:

of Fig. 3. I

Fig. 5 is a side'elevationof the, garment supporter viewed fromthe inside. I

6 is a cross section on the line 66 ofFig; 5, and

modification of the garment supporter Wherein thebody 1s madeof lea-theror other simi 'lar pliant material. I I I I Reference is directed to Figs. 1- and 2" of the drawing, wherein it will-be seen,the' garment supporter Ibis fixed upon or carried by the trousersQ. The garment supporter 1 includes oppositely extending wing-dike 1 menibers 3 and 4 which are adapted to be located in 'a pocket 5 formed between-"the cloth 'o-f the trousers 2 and the facingband 6 of the trousers.

The' trouser s supporter 1 is applied by: cuting an opening through which the wings 3 engagement of the wings of'the supporter l ting aslit 7 in the facing' band 6, thus fenn- I f against the cloth sides of the pocketi5 need be provided to hold the supporterin place, but it is preferable to provide some suitable fastening means, as a button 14* as shown; in Fig. 4. Orsimil-ar buttons maybe arranged at aflplurality of places on the lower edges 1..

of'the wings 3 and 4:. The buttons thus perform the added function of holding the facing "band down. Obviously, however; the

Wings may be'suitably perforated at places to .p'ermit'the insertion'of bachelor buttons to hold the supporter in place .onthe trousers,

"ifit bes'oideslred. I a

A hook 8 'is fixed 'onlthe' shirt 9 of the wearer, by fitting the loop ofthe hook-8. over from the inside of the shirt substantially as shown in Fig. 4:. The cloth ofthe shirt 9 is,

'the' neck ofv a button 10 which is inserted thereover. The hook 8 is adapted to'reinain 1 in position on the shirt" duringthe period of use-thereof-w I I 1: E1. v I A rectangular loop memb'erll is 'carried by I the garment supporter; I I and :is adapted to be hooked'over the hook- 8. Theiloop' Q11.

is in turn carried by an elastic band-1 2 and is ldisposed'on theinside or the-garment supporter, so that-theloop ll'niay be fitted.

over thehook to support the trousers as indicated in' Fig. 2. 1 I

The ends-of the elasticband lQ are thread- I ed throughslots 13 inthe pendentmember 14 of the supporter-1; An adjusting buckle 5 v I 15 serve's ,to tighten the elastic band l2-when Fig 7 isaperspeet veviewshowingla it'eeeomes necessary to so. The pendent.

member 14 is joined with the wing 4: through a neckl 6. It will be seen that the pendent member lined "the wing 4 are made of one piece in the preferred form of the invention. The wing 3 is detachable and is provided with a pair of hooks 17 arranged to be fitted in openings 18 in the wing at when the parts are assembled as shown in Fig. 3.

It will-be observed in Fig. 6', that the hooks 17 include rightangled portions which terminate in bent ends 17. The ends 17. come onthe outside of the device next to the clothof-the trousers, and the surfaces of the wings 3 and a are practically continuous on'the insi-de next to the body of the wearer. The joint between the wings 3 and-4 just described; permits the separation of the wing 3 from thekbodyof the supporter, and affordsan easier introduction-of the device into the p0cket 5'.

Iirthepre-ferred formot the invention, the garmentsupporter is made of some resilient rust-proof metal, and covered with cloth 19 g as indicated in the drawing. The resilient nature of the metal of" which'the device isadapted to be made,-permits the pendant 11 to'fieX at the neck16, while the wings-3 and 4' may fiex' equally as well throughout theirdengths, and independently ofthe hinge-joint at 18. 1

The modified form ofthe invention :illustrated in Fig. 7, is'essentially thesame as the form illustrated in the other figures. Here, however, the garment supporter 1, consists'of a body made of leather or any other similar pliable material. The pendant 11 is'made integral'with'thewings 3 and 4. Inapplying this form of the invention, it may be foundklesirable to use some such fastening-means as a bachelor button which includes the shank- 20 and? head 21. The garment supporter 1 shown in Fig. 7 is fitted in'the pocket 5 provided between the facing-.6 and cloth of the'trousers '2, in the same manner as the garment supporter of the other form isfitted in place. The shank 20 of the-bachelor button= is thenithrust through the: cloth of'the trousers 2, and the hea'd 21 pushed in'placeto hold the pendant l-down. ,7

The operation of-thegarment supporter is as follows: One of the garment. supporters 1 is-fittedin the pocket 5 between'the facin band and cloth ofthe trousers 2, at each si e of the trousers-and preferably right on the seams of the trousers. InFig. 1, only one: of the trousers supporters" 1 is shown, it being understood, however, that there is another on the other side. The button 10 and hook 8 are fitted in place on the shirt 9 on each side of the shirt and preferably on the seams which join the back and front of the shirt. The pendant l l'hangs down as shown in Fig. 2, and when it is desired to support the trousers by the shirt,

consisting of the button 10, hook S, and

' 12 of each supporter will properly give.

It will also be observed that the connections between the shirt and the trousers,

loop 11, are entirely concealed from view. The application of the hook 8 right onthe seam of the shirt- 9 at each-side, prevents the shirt from becoming easily torn or worn because the seam acts as a-reintorcing member.

It will readily be understood from the foregoing, that in order to apply thewings 3 and 4, the facing band 6 must be slitted substantially as indicated in Fig. 1, to permit the introduction thereof into the pocket 5. The wings 3-and et'are then thrustin the opening thus provided, and to do this, the wings must be separated. In order to separate the wings, the wing member 31s rotated in an outward direction a sufficient-distance to permit the disengagement of the shank 17 and bentends 17 from the openings '18.

While the constructionof the device as illustrated in the drawings is that of aenerally preferred form, obviously modi cations and changes may-be madetherein without departing from the spirit of thein-vention or the scope of-the claims.

I claim:

1. In a garment supporter, a resilient body having outstanding wings, adapted to be secured on a garment, an elastic band looped through portions -ofthe saidbody and having means for adjusting the same, and'an en- 105 gaging loop through-which the said band is I also extended. I 1

2. In a garment supporter, a flexible supporting body including wings adapted'to be located in a pocket formed betWeenthefac- 110 ing band and cloth of the trousers, said body including a pendent member, an elastic band mounted on the pendent memberand having an adjusting buckle on the outside,- and 'a loop carried by the elastic band on the in- 115 side of the sup-porting body.

3. In a garment supporter, a supporting body including separable wing members adapted'to be located in a-pocket formed being hook members with bentends adapted to enter the openings and lie on the inner surface of the garment supporter, to preserve the continuity of the flexible body.

5. In a supporter, the combination of a garment having a facing band forming a pocket, said band being adapted to beslitted, a sup-porting body including lateral wings adapted to be located in the pocket, one of said wings being separable from the body to permit introduction of the Wings through the slit into the pocket, and means arranged on the separable wing and the supporting body for detachably securing them together.

6. In a supporter, the combination of a garment having a pocket, and a supporting body having wings adapted to be located in the pocket to hold the supporter on the garment, said supporting body being adapted to be held in place by frictional contact and without the use of thread.

7 In a device of the character described, a

nection between said fastening device and the lower portion of said supporting member, said resilient connection normally holding the garments in adjusted cooperative re lation and being'yieldable in every direction to compensate for the movements of the body and permit corresponding relative movement of the garments.

THERON L. OAUDLE.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

- Washington, D. G." 

